Clothes hanger



Feb. 25, 1936. J. L. BAUM 2,032,246

CLOTHES HANGER Filed April 8, 1955 ATTOR N EY Patented Feb. 25, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES HANGER John L. Baum, Ephrata, Pa.

Application April 8, 1935, Serial No. 15,329

1 Claim. (01. 206-7) The invention relates to clothes hangers and more especially to a garment hanger and box therefor.-

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character, wherein garments can be packed and in the packing placed upon a hanger so that when the hanger is engaged on a wall hook the garment will be protected from dust and dirt and such garment is readily accessible as the box can be conveniently opened for access thereto.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character, wherein a garment can be placed within a box and carried without wrinkling such garment as the same will be upon a hanger and the latter affords a handle for the box.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character, wherein the garment hanger is made from a single length of wire bent for the carrying of a garment and also to afford a handle to a box when fitted within the latter, thus a garment can be stored within the box and held upon the hanger.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character, which is extremely simple in its makeup, thoroughly reliable and effective for use, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the garment hanger.

Figure 2 is a. perspective view showing the hanger fitted within the body of a box, its lid being removed and the hanger placed upon a wall hook.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the hanger 5 and box susceptible for carrying in the hand.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the garment hanger comprises a frame 5 made from a single length of relatively rigid wire, the ends being permanently joined through the medium of a coupling sleeve 8 and this frame affords lat- 5 erally spread shoulder supporting portions for a garment while intermediate of these portions is an inverted substantially U-shaped bail constituting a handle 6. The side runs 1 of this bail 6 have bent or twisted therefrom reversely dis- 10 posed gripping jaws 8 and 9, respectively. These jaws are disposed at right angles to the frame 5 and are parallel with each other.

Receivable in the jaws 8 is a side wall of a cover section ID of a box while receivable in the jaws 9 15 is the side wall of a body section II of this box. The box is made of pasteboard or other material and the cover section I0 is telescoped on to the body section II as is customary. When the box sections have been engaged with the jaws 8 and 20 9 of the hanger, the bail 6 will protrude exteriorly of the box so that the latter can be carried conveniently in the hand of a user or the bail 6 at the bight 12 therein can be engaged upon a wall bracket I3. 25

In the use of the hanger 5 a garment ll can be placed upon a hanger in the customary manner and such garment ll folded to lie within the body section I I of the box when the side wall of said body section has been engaged in the jaws 9. 30 Thereafter the cover section can be fitted on to the body section II and thus the garment held within the box in a smooth compact condition without being subjected to wrinkles or dust and dirt. 35

What is claimed is:

The combination with a container having separably interfltted box body and cover sections, of a garment hanger comprising a hanger frame formed from a single length of wire, a bail bent 40 from one stretch of the wire of said frame, and reversely disposed gripping jaws struck from the bail at opposite sides thereof to accommodate the sections of the container when interfitted with each other and for projecting the bail exteriorly of the container and the frame interiorly of said container.

JOHN L. BAUM. 

